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Term 1 Week 0
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Work Due This Class
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In Class Activities
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Comments
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Th 10
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- Introductions and Welcome;
- Our challenging year
- Relative size activity - isn't physics cool?
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F 11
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- A1: Warmup Sheet (all)
- Read over course summary
- Fill out course info
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- Comment on Powers of 10 and this course
- Comment on skills, A1
- Quick intro to significant digits
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Check out this Powers of 10 link
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Term 1 Week 1
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Work Due This Class
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In Class Activities
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Comments
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M 14
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- A2: Significant Digits
- Read Chapter 1
- Cover Book
(Make sure you have a 4-section binder set up by today.)
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- Questions and comments on Course Summary and Expectations;
- Share answers and problems with A1 and A2
- Wrap up Sig Figs and Tools.
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Sorry I didn't finish all the Sig Figs notes Friday!
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Tu 15
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- Correct all answers to A1 and A2, using answers posted at bottom of this page.
- A3: Motion Graph Intro Assignment
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Start notes on Motion in 1D; Definitions; First Class Examples on whiteboards
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W 16
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- Read Sections 2-1 to 2-4
- A4: Simple Motion in 1D HW
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Instantaneous Velocity and the Derivatives: The big idea! The Limit Definition and starting to use it.
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Th 17
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NO CLASS! SENIOR ASSEMBLY
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F 18
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A5: Derivative/Instantaneous Velocity 1-7
(1-7 required, but you may work ahead to 11 if you want.) Focus on understanding the limit definition and the IDEA of instantaneous velocity.
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Derivatives and the (easier) Rules of Differentiation.
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Please check your answers to A4 with the word doc posted below. Sorry for delay in posting this.
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Term 1 Week 2
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Work Due This Class
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In Class Activities
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Comments
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M 21
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A6: Derivatives/Instantaneous Velocity 8-18
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Constant acceleration as a special case,
Constant Accleration equations |
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Tu 22
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A7: Derivatives/Instantaneous Velocity (all the rest) 19-22, Resnick 21-24
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- Introduce lab, pass out logger pro cds
- Freefall as a special case of constant acceleration - get the signs right!
- Freefall discussion questions
- Class problems on acceleration (finish for HW)
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check out answers to A5-A7 on the document below.
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W 23
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- Prepare for lab
- Finish class problems on Acceleration
- A8: Ch.2 #24,28,30,33,35,36,40
(practice constant acc.)
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Lab: Modern Galileos (work quickly!)
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Th 24
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A9: Ch.2 #41-43,45,47,52,55 (practice freefall)
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- Another word on freefall equations
- Wrap up lab
- go over homework
- questions?
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Answers to Ch. 2 and the class acceleration problems are posted below.
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F 25
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work on lab,
check, revise and study all homeworks (see bottom of this page)
study for test
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Test 1: Motion in 1D
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Term 1 Week 3
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Work Due This Class
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In Class Activities
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Comments
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M 28
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Lab 1 Report due; Follow back of rubric for required sections.
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- Vectors Introduction
- vectors and scalars, notation
- equality
- addition
Click here for summary of vector topics
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Some students struggled on Test 1: must reflect, rededicate and make adjustments. |
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Tu 29
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Read sections 3.1 through 3.5
A10: Ch.3 Questions 1-6, Problems 1,3,5,10,13
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Vector addition
links to try out vector addition:
link 1 link 2
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W 30
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A11: Ch.3 Probs. 15,16,21,22,26
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- Vectors in 3D
- Introduce Scalar Product
- (if time) Introduce Vector Product
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Th 1
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- Read sections 3.6 and 3.7
- Review notes and homework from class so far
- Work on redoing test problems you got wrong.
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- Vector Product (finish up, practice, applets)
- Vector Classwork (practice)
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F 2
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A12: Ch. 3 Problems 29,31,35,36,38 |
Finish up thursday notes
More practice with dot and cross products. (worksheet labeled "Vectors Classwork," start in class, finish for HW, call A13)
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